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Active management a 2% tax drag

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013
... the weapon of choice of the majority of institutional and retail investors, a retirement strategy based on holding index funds over the very long-term can lead to huge tax savings. "The old argument, 'you shouldn't let the tax tail wag the investment ...

Vanguard cuts costs on intl equities ETF

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
... on the ASX in 2009. The move follows similar fee cuts across seven of its flagship Australian-domiciled wholesale index funds and two other cross-listed ETFs. Vanguard's head of product and marketing, Robyn Laidlaw said passing on cost savings to investors ...

PineBridge pitches quant solution to super funds

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
... expensive than employing a dedicated fund manager but with superior performance to passive investment strategies. Fees on index funds essentially mean that investors who use a passive approach are essentially guaranteeing below-benchmark performance. ...

Vanguard makes index switch

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
In the largest international index provider benchmark switch ever, Vanguard is moving six international stock index funds from MSCI to FTSE and 16 US stock and balanced index funds to new benchmarks developed by the University of Chicago. Robin Bowerman ...

SmartBeta solution tackles passive MySuper index approach: AXA IM

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2012
... super funds to offer a low cost, transparent default balanced fund option, could lead to an over reliance on standard index funds and other problems associated with market-capitalisation indices, said Craig Hurt, AXA IM director, Australia & New Zealand. ...

Lonsec changes index funds research process

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2012
Research house Lonsec has changed its research process for index funds and index-based Exchange Traded Funds and will now use separate criteria to assess actively managed funds. "This change is based on Lonsec's belief that index funds now have a critical ...

Instos missing ETF options

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012
... locally. "Institutional investors here have been able to buy through separately managed accounts or mandates low cost index funds directly so, while we expect the institutional market in ETFs will develop, the early adopters have been in the retail space," ...

ASIC charges against new wave of boiler room scams

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2012
... contacting individuals by telephone to convince them to invest in schemes involving the purchase of shares or investment in index funds or currency trading schemes. Once an investment is made, the fraudsters provide access to a website that shows projected ...

legalsuper launches low fee investment option

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2011
... new 'low fee index' option for investors. Managed by State Street, the new choice is underpinned by investments in index funds designed to track the performance of particular market indices. According to legalsuper chief executive, Andrew Proebstl, the ...

BlackRock wins $3.8 billion VicSuper mandates

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011
... VicSuper. "One outcome of the review is moving to a 'core and satellite' investment structure. The core mandates are index funds and will be passively managed by BlackRock. Actively managed satellite mandates will be awarded in the major listed asset ...